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the problem is even with the 47% video, this was mitt romney being asked by somebody in the audience how can we get those moochers to stop taking our tax money and living on the dole. he answered that question with 47%. the conversations taking place inside the conservative base shows ugliness outwardly. >> steve schmidt, the other thing in that video is a strong sense of superiority. we are superior people to the other people we're talking about, be it the president of the united states or anyone that votes for him. >> well, look, it's very damaging. when you look at the numbers the republican party image numbers today after following the path laid down by ted cruz, you see the damage that that has brought. this is a bad day for this to be out there for ted cruz. clearly even ted cruz by standing up today and really for the first time acknowledging to his fellow senators, his colleagues, distancing himself from the senate conservative fund that i'm not going to raise money to attack you anymore. i think he understands that even his show while it is inspired some of these people in t
the problem is even with the 47% video, this was mitt romney being asked by somebody in the audience how can we get those moochers to stop taking our tax money and living on the dole. he answered that question with 47%. the conversations taking place inside the conservative base shows ugliness outwardly. >> steve schmidt, the other thing in that video is a strong sense of superiority. we are superior people to the other people we're talking about, be it the president of the united states...
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. >>> and this weekend on "meet the press," mitt romney sits down with david gregory. the two will discuss the problem plagued rollout of obama care and life after the campaign. and that is your crmorning dishf scrambled politics. >>> if it's friday, it's kevin ser rilly joining me. >> thanks for having me. happy friday. >> so i want to talk more about this new book double down, the sequel to game change. it comes out next week, has a lot of juicy tidbits in it. one of the revelations was that barack obama could barely endure spending much time with bill clinton. that's kind of surprising because it seemed like their relationship had warmed up a lot since 2008 with clinton delivering one of the strongest speeches of the convention. so what do we know right now? >> i think both are reportedly saying it's a great relationship, but according to the book which by the way i can't wait to read this thing, but according to the book, when they were on the golf course, president obama said that he could only take president clinton in little bits of doses. and so i think that on
. >>> and this weekend on "meet the press," mitt romney sits down with david gregory. the two will discuss the problem plagued rollout of obama care and life after the campaign. and that is your crmorning dishf scrambled politics. >>> if it's friday, it's kevin ser rilly joining me. >> thanks for having me. happy friday. >> so i want to talk more about this new book double down, the sequel to game change. it comes out next week, has a lot of juicy tidbits...
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romney in 2012. but sunday romney tried to dismiss those concerns. >> i know that the democrats will try and go after him if he's our nominee in every way they can but you can't argue with the kind of success he's had. >> hello! >> reporter: on the democratic side, support continues to build for hillary clinton. senator chuck schumer offered a very early endorsement on saturday to his former senate colleague. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary, run! >> reporter: schumer spoke in iowa where caucus voters hanned obama an important win in 2008 shocking a clinton campaign that had portrayed her victory inevitable. this time democrats seem intent on clearing a path to the white house for clinton, even if it means sweeping aside the current vice president joe biden. in a speech friday clinton previewed what could be one of her 2016 campaign themes. >> we're going to be about the business of making sure that those ceilings crack for every girl and every woman here and around the globe so let's get crac
romney in 2012. but sunday romney tried to dismiss those concerns. >> i know that the democrats will try and go after him if he's our nominee in every way they can but you can't argue with the kind of success he's had. >> hello! >> reporter: on the democratic side, support continues to build for hillary clinton. senator chuck schumer offered a very early endorsement on saturday to his former senate colleague. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary, run! >>...
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romney in 2012. but sunday romney tried to dismiss those concerns. >> i know that the democrats will try and go after him if he's our nominee in every way they can but you can't argue with the kind of success he's had. >> hello! >> reporter: on the democratic side, support continues to build for hillary clinton. senator chuck schumer offered a very early endorsement on saturday to his former senate colleague. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary, run! >> reporter: schumer spoke in iowa, where caucus voters hanned obama an important win in 2008, shocking a clinton campaign that had portrayed her victory inevitable. this time democrats seem intent on clearing a path to the white house for clinton, even if it means sweeping aside the current vice president, joe biden. in a speech friday, clinton previewed what could be one of her 2016 campaign themes. >> we're going to be about the business of making sure that those ceilings crack for every girl and every woman here and around the globe so let's get
romney in 2012. but sunday romney tried to dismiss those concerns. >> i know that the democrats will try and go after him if he's our nominee in every way they can but you can't argue with the kind of success he's had. >> hello! >> reporter: on the democratic side, support continues to build for hillary clinton. senator chuck schumer offered a very early endorsement on saturday to his former senate colleague. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary, run! >>...
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mitt romney considering chris christie and the reasons it didn't go further. >> twice. he had him on the first list and crosses his name off because he's leaning toward paul ryan and his top advisor is making a case for chris christie and feeding him video so romney comes to reconsider chris christie and at the very last minute the romney campaign does this crash vetting of chritie and the pay-to-play restrictions in jersey what governors can and can't raise and because of the unanswered questions about chris christi's background they can't make the pick. book has this campaign memo from the romney campaign vetters quoted at length here are the unanswered questions we don't know about chris christie. if we pick him after the fact, we should figure out abcd and e. i think in the end there were so many questions about him. ryan was seen as a safer pick. >> also, jonathan, there is information about where harry reid got that idea that mitt romney hadn't paid taxes for ten years. >> your viewers will recall last year or last summer, actually, harry reid was having great fun
mitt romney considering chris christie and the reasons it didn't go further. >> twice. he had him on the first list and crosses his name off because he's leaning toward paul ryan and his top advisor is making a case for chris christie and feeding him video so romney comes to reconsider chris christie and at the very last minute the romney campaign does this crash vetting of chritie and the pay-to-play restrictions in jersey what governors can and can't raise and because of the unanswered...
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senior, apparently, is spreading dirt to harry reid about romney. >> that's maes. amazing. candy, i know you have a question. amazing. candy, i know you have a question. amazing. candy, i know you have a question >> i want to ask a couple things. first of all, the christie pick and looking at him seriously, we were reporting it wasn't something he wanted to do. is there anything in the book about that? and the other thing that strikes me is the person that comes up the worst overall here is probably jon huntsman because he seems to have really ticked off both sides. >> your first question, i think christi was certainly interested, not enough i don't think to resign the governorship because that was talked about, actually, because of those pay-to-play restrictions i'm referring to in jersey what governors can and can't raise from wall street. he was certainly interested enough at being vice president that he turned over some documents, you know, that did offer that. your second question, candy, is absolutely right on. the chapter on jon huntsman in this book reminds
senior, apparently, is spreading dirt to harry reid about romney. >> that's maes. amazing. candy, i know you have a question. amazing. candy, i know you have a question. amazing. candy, i know you have a question >> i want to ask a couple things. first of all, the christie pick and looking at him seriously, we were reporting it wasn't something he wanted to do. is there anything in the book about that? and the other thing that strikes me is the person that comes up the worst overall...
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it is where mitt romney signed his state's health care reform in 2006. mitt will not be there today. keep a number out for this number, 123, the total number of people who enrolled in the commonwealth's case in its first month. as we know, enrollment later spiked and that's one message the president will push as an indicator that obama karen rollment might be off to a slow start but will pick up. joining him on the stage, deval patrick and state workers. kathleen sebelius answered questions from frustrated lawmakers on the botched rollout. what's next for the site and millions of canceled subpar plans. >> let me
it is where mitt romney signed his state's health care reform in 2006. mitt will not be there today. keep a number out for this number, 123, the total number of people who enrolled in the commonwealth's case in its first month. as we know, enrollment later spiked and that's one message the president will push as an indicator that obama karen rollment might be off to a slow start but will pick up. joining him on the stage, deval patrick and state workers. kathleen sebelius answered questions...
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mitt romney killed my wife. remember that commercial? he was such a beast, a horrible human being. mitt romney killed my wife. barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama and his campaign and people connected to his campaign and people closely associated with him in the past claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. >> okay. the story is bad enough, you don't need to do that. >> can i please make my point? i'm going to say it again, barack obama, his campaign, they all claimed in 2012. it was one of the most horrific claims that mitt romney killed a man's wife. >> i remember condemning the commercial as well. >> mika, i'm going to keep doing this, okay? so, in 2012, barack obama claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. yesterda
mitt romney killed my wife. remember that commercial? he was such a beast, a horrible human being. mitt romney killed my wife. barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama...
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our first read team and others, mitt romney had bipartisan support. the president does not. here we are four years later this four year war as the first read team has called over health care and the president if you will at the ground zero point trying to not necessarily take away from what's happened on capitol hill today but put the conversation what he believes on track. >> right, he is definitely trying to put the conversation on track. one thing today with stating as you said that he stands squarely behind kathleen sebelius, his embattled secretary, one reason is the politics to do that because he will show a sign of weakness for the system, aca big piece of his legacy of his presidency, will show up a bit of weakness if he were to let her go. when you talk about the war, there is a war. and some of what you saw today in the hearing, many of the gops asking questions of kathleen sebelius asked same questions in letters to the administration on navigators. the white house thinks today many of the gops were posturing asking the same questions about the navigators that ind
our first read team and others, mitt romney had bipartisan support. the president does not. here we are four years later this four year war as the first read team has called over health care and the president if you will at the ground zero point trying to not necessarily take away from what's happened on capitol hill today but put the conversation what he believes on track. >> right, he is definitely trying to put the conversation on track. one thing today with stating as you said that he...
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would it made any difference to mitt romney if his running mate was chris christi? >> i don't think so. the reason he lost is there was this surprise enormous vote from elderly black women. they want to keep obama in the white house, first african american president. so they won't change their vote. they are still coming out. the other was a deficit of working class white males in the upper midwest, the places hit but the auto bailout. i don't think it makes a difference christie is on the bailout. i think they are both great reporters -- >> the game change was not really contested. they obviously got good sources. >> which reminds me of another reason i don't think they were considering hillary clinton. among the things bill clinton said about obama when hilary was running against them was teddy kennedy, about barack obama a few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee. >> really? >> yeah, it's in my book. >> does that mean it's true? >> it's in their book, it's from "game change". >> let me talk about obama and clinton, they don't like each other and t
would it made any difference to mitt romney if his running mate was chris christi? >> i don't think so. the reason he lost is there was this surprise enormous vote from elderly black women. they want to keep obama in the white house, first african american president. so they won't change their vote. they are still coming out. the other was a deficit of working class white males in the upper midwest, the places hit but the auto bailout. i don't think it makes a difference christie is on...
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and look, it is no surprise that a lot of people support mitt romney didn't like newt gingrich. so it is not surprising to hear chris christie say these things. but again, chris christie is increasingly a problematic figure in the conservative movement, on the right. so to hear him take a swipe at somebody who is pretty popular among conservatives, that is something he may have to answer for in the coming years. >> we'll hear what newt gingrich has to say in just moments. but what is the tea leaf reading position on tomorrow? any surprises in store? is it pretty much in the bag? >> it is pretty much in the bag, the two races as they are in the off-off year, the new jersey governor race, and there is speculation that bill de blasio is going to win, the first time a democrat has won since 1989. and in new jersey, chris christie will roll up a 20, maybe 30-point win over democrat, barbara buono, one race that they're talking about, alabama's first congressional district, why do we care? it is a republican run off between bradley burn, against the tea party aligned christian conserv
and look, it is no surprise that a lot of people support mitt romney didn't like newt gingrich. so it is not surprising to hear chris christie say these things. but again, chris christie is increasingly a problematic figure in the conservative movement, on the right. so to hear him take a swipe at somebody who is pretty popular among conservatives, that is something he may have to answer for in the coming years. >> we'll hear what newt gingrich has to say in just moments. but what is the...
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other nuggets, the mitt romney campaign dubbed their vice presidential search project goldfish and gave code names. marco rubio was pescodo. paul ryan of wisconsin, fishconsin. chris christie was pufferfish. romney ridiculed chris christie's weight and passed him over for vice president because, quote, the garden state governor's background was littered with potential land mines. >> i have a great relationship with the romneys and the campaign. it's all just trying to make sure they sell as many books as possible. >> reporter: a book with new insights into christie, hillary clinton and biden, all potential rivals in the next campaign. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> one more political note. mitt romney is david gregory's exclusive guest this sunday morning on "meet the press." >>> still ahead for us tonight, the private lives of the royal family as well as music and hollywood royalty as well. exposed to the world. explosive allegations as a scandalous trial breaks wide open. ss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick las
other nuggets, the mitt romney campaign dubbed their vice presidential search project goldfish and gave code names. marco rubio was pescodo. paul ryan of wisconsin, fishconsin. chris christie was pufferfish. romney ridiculed chris christie's weight and passed him over for vice president because, quote, the garden state governor's background was littered with potential land mines. >> i have a great relationship with the romneys and the campaign. it's all just trying to make sure they sell...
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nothing can change that view for mitt romney. he says he has always believed that massachusetts should not be a model for the nation. he has always believed that, mitt romney says. >> we have a model that worked. one state in america, my state, was able to put in place a plan that got everybody health insurance. the right way to proceed is to reform health care, that we can do, as we did it in massachusetts, we can do it for the nation. we can get everybody insured. we can get the cost of health care down. >> how do you insure the 45 or 50 million americans not on the books? >> well, that is what we did in massachusetts, we put it on the exchange, the president is copying the idea. i'm glad to hear that. >> now, mitt romney insists he didn't mean any of that. he never insists that the plan should be copied at the national level. and that kind of insistence may be partly why he is not president. shutting down the government to repeal obama care proved to be a real debacle for the republican party, they were not able to repeal or d
nothing can change that view for mitt romney. he says he has always believed that massachusetts should not be a model for the nation. he has always believed that, mitt romney says. >> we have a model that worked. one state in america, my state, was able to put in place a plan that got everybody health insurance. the right way to proceed is to reform health care, that we can do, as we did it in massachusetts, we can do it for the nation. we can get everybody insured. we can get the cost of...
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another bombshell in the book, the romney/ryan ticket was almost a romney/christie ticket. the new jersey governor was on mitt romney short list not once but -- >> twice. >> the reason it didn't go much farther? >> he had christie on the first short list. he crosses his name off. he's leaning towards paul ryan. >> reporter: romney's advisers pressured him to reconsider chris christie. in the end there were two obstacles. christie couldn't keep his day job and fund raise due to new jersey law and the book says he wasn't as forthcoming in the vetting process as other candidates. now, beth meyers, a long-time aide to mitt romney said to the "new york times" that chris christie complied fully in the vetting process but when you look at what "the new york times" is reporting about this book, the unanswered questions just kind of go on and on, about a defamation lawsuit against the governor from earlier in his political career as well as the names and documentation of his household employees. as well as information about his medical history. there's even more than that, chris. >>
another bombshell in the book, the romney/ryan ticket was almost a romney/christie ticket. the new jersey governor was on mitt romney short list not once but -- >> twice. >> the reason it didn't go much farther? >> he had christie on the first short list. he crosses his name off. he's leaning towards paul ryan. >> reporter: romney's advisers pressured him to reconsider chris christie. in the end there were two obstacles. christie couldn't keep his day job and fund raise...
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signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no excuse for it. >> i apologize. >> i am accountable to you for
signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt...
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also in the book, mitt romney was seriously considering chris christie for vice president but the campaign ruled help out due to unanswered questions about his background and his health. president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama allegedly told aides about clinton, quote, i like him in doses. the book notes that the president has come to rely, though, on clinton's advice, but their relationship of course may once again be put to the test as we get closer to 2016 and a possible presidential run by hillary. >>> another turn in the texas abortion law situation. a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling that blocked a series of new
also in the book, mitt romney was seriously considering chris christie for vice president but the campaign ruled help out due to unanswered questions about his background and his health. president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship...
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will be my new love. >> and romney was the nominee and anne fell in love with romney and i wasn't the only one to notice how fickle she could be. >> now you're saying if romney's not the nominee we're going to lose. >> and after mitt romney lost, anne could not quite find her way back into the arms of chris christie. >> i must sayer i have loved chris christie, i am a single issue voter and christie is off my list. >> so now anne coulter loves ted cruz. if ann keeps up this kardashian pace, she will be throwing ted cruz to the curb sometime next year. ted cruz went to iowa for the third time this year. ted cruz's reception was warm but muted. >> we didn't accomplish our ultimate policy goal in this battle and we didn't because unfortunately a significant number of senate republicans chose not to unite and stand side by side with house republicans. had we stood together, i'm convinced the outcome would be very different. >> joining me now, not a lot of hooting and howling there at every word that ted cruz would say unlike his reception in texas last week. >> a little bit different ther
will be my new love. >> and romney was the nominee and anne fell in love with romney and i wasn't the only one to notice how fickle she could be. >> now you're saying if romney's not the nominee we're going to lose. >> and after mitt romney lost, anne could not quite find her way back into the arms of chris christie. >> i must sayer i have loved chris christie, i am a single issue voter and christie is off my list. >> so now anne coulter loves ted cruz. if ann...
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an expert who krafd romney and obama plans said the doctors' crunch isn't unique to romney's plans. >> the pressures are farther greater than in massachusetts. >> reporter: he said that obama care will offer incentive to balance that. did the massachusetts plan lower costs for patients? according to government statistics, until roll any's plan, the yearly cost of a premium went up faster than it did in the rest of the condition between 2006 when the plan rolled out and 2012. congressman john fleming predicts this under obama care -- >> immediate ratcheting up of price and cost. >> reporter: but supporters of the plan say the rate of growth in massachusetts slowed in recent year. >> over the past three to four years, we have seen a significant reduction in the rate of growth in health insurance premiums in massachusetts, and also around the country. >> but that has not been a steady curve. it's hard to compare rates and enrollment. analysts who have looked at the two plans say there's key differences. in massachusetts, to boil it down, the group of uninsured was smaller and enrollment
an expert who krafd romney and obama plans said the doctors' crunch isn't unique to romney's plans. >> the pressures are farther greater than in massachusetts. >> reporter: he said that obama care will offer incentive to balance that. did the massachusetts plan lower costs for patients? according to government statistics, until roll any's plan, the yearly cost of a premium went up faster than it did in the rest of the condition between 2006 when the plan rolled out and 2012....
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you were a top romney adviser back then. do you care to break a little news and tell us exactly why mitt romney did not choose chris christie as his running mate? >> the gossip is always about who they didn't pick and why. but the reality is if i could take you inside the campaign, governor -- governor romney chose the person that he thought would help him govern best, the person who he had the strongest rapport with. oftentimes we put a lot of formulaic reasons for why somebody wasn't picked or should be picked, but when it comes down to it the candidate themselves have to know they have a really strong relationship with the person who could be their vp and that they can help them govern. and i think -- to tell you the truth, i think governor romney had his heart set on paul ryan from the very beginning. he went through a very detailed process of considering all of his options but he was very focused on paul ryan from the beginning. >> kevin, you're very good at what you do, and that was a nice pivot. but that was my questi
you were a top romney adviser back then. do you care to break a little news and tell us exactly why mitt romney did not choose chris christie as his running mate? >> the gossip is always about who they didn't pick and why. but the reality is if i could take you inside the campaign, governor -- governor romney chose the person that he thought would help him govern best, the person who he had the strongest rapport with. oftentimes we put a lot of formulaic reasons for why somebody wasn't...
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i hear mitt romney's son, josh romney, has been looking for an opening to run for office in utah. challenging the not the so popular lee actually sounds like the perfect opportunity, and hey, maybe even a moderate democrat like jim mathson will jump in there, too. one thing is for sure, utahans have gotten less than they bargained for with senator mike lee. he wasn't the consensus choice. he was just a creature of the conservative movement. so mr. lee, it's been fun, it's been a nice run, but your inability to be practical, livid reality, and actually represent the very people who got you elected, has likely already cost you your re-election in 2016. raising outside money cannot save you, and attempting to maybe change your tune can't save you, either. because if there's one thing i know about utahans, they like prop solvers. day like authenticity and like loyalty. we're not talking about loyalty to the junior senator from texas. okay? that does it for "the cycle." now to a man that all of us are very loyal to, martin bashir, all your. >>> good afternoon. it's thursday october the
i hear mitt romney's son, josh romney, has been looking for an opening to run for office in utah. challenging the not the so popular lee actually sounds like the perfect opportunity, and hey, maybe even a moderate democrat like jim mathson will jump in there, too. one thing is for sure, utahans have gotten less than they bargained for with senator mike lee. he wasn't the consensus choice. he was just a creature of the conservative movement. so mr. lee, it's been fun, it's been a nice run, but...
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mitt romney hinted christie could be the party's savior in 2016. hillary clinton is calculating her own appearances with her first foray back into the campaign spotlight, stumping for close friend terry mcauliffe. but that new book, "double down" is spilling big-time campaign secrets from the 2012 election. two bombshells include dirt on chris christie's background that came up during the vice presidential vet and tpossibiliy they would swap joe biden for hillary clinton. two veteran campaign reporters say president obama saying i just don't know if i can do this, as he prepared for the second debate. let me bring in our company, editor in chief of reason magazine, matt welch and the "washington post" politics reporter, jackie kucinich. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with chris christie because he's got an election he's almost sure to win tomorrow. he's looking to send a message but as also passed over to be the vice presidential nominee. let me play for you what mitt romney said on "meet the press." >> i know that the vetting people
mitt romney hinted christie could be the party's savior in 2016. hillary clinton is calculating her own appearances with her first foray back into the campaign spotlight, stumping for close friend terry mcauliffe. but that new book, "double down" is spilling big-time campaign secrets from the 2012 election. two bombshells include dirt on chris christie's background that came up during the vice presidential vet and tpossibiliy they would swap joe biden for hillary clinton. two veteran...
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the authors say mitt romney nixed chris christie off of his ticket because of several unanswered questions including some about his medical history. >> halloween is over, but here are some trick and treats that arose from all hallow's eve. in canada, this wasn't your average x-ray. border agents at the montreal airport found three hollowed out pumpkins filled with about four pounds of cocaine. they were sent through an x-ray scanner because they seemed a little bit too heavy. >>> the white house was bathed in orange last night. earlier the president and first lady handed out candy, cookies, dried fruit to trick or treaters to local school children and children of military families. michelle obama was dressed festively in black and orange. >>> in new york city the iconic empire state building displayed a special halloween light show synced to music on local radio stations blocks away in greenwich village. the 40th annual halloween parade was back in full swing after being canceled last year by superstorm sandy and the year before by a freak snowstorm. on the streets of hollywood, decked out
the authors say mitt romney nixed chris christie off of his ticket because of several unanswered questions including some about his medical history. >> halloween is over, but here are some trick and treats that arose from all hallow's eve. in canada, this wasn't your average x-ray. border agents at the montreal airport found three hollowed out pumpkins filled with about four pounds of cocaine. they were sent through an x-ray scanner because they seemed a little bit too heavy. >>>...
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. >>> today, president obama went to the very spot in boston where mitt romney signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no excuse for it. apologize. >> i am accountable to you for fixing these problems. >> taking the blame. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly, whatever. >> we are working overtime
. >>> today, president obama went to the very spot in boston where mitt romney signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >>...
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also some details of who was on mitt romney's short list. we will talk about the intrigue and what it all means. >>> a shocking story out of texas that we are going to be talking about. a brave police officer, a mother of two, who was shot in the face but that did not stop her from chasing the gunmen. one was caught and two others still on the loose. amazing story and bring that story to you coming up. >> i can't believe she is still standing. unbelievable. she is made of tougher stuff than we are. see you guys in a bit, okay? >> okay. >>> in case you have a little spare cash, oprah is consolidating. one day left before the yard show of the century. featuring 600 items of oprah's personal belongings they all start at $150. the event is held at the santa barbara tow low club. before shopping starts tomorrow, shoppers started to browse. >> it gives awe look inside. >> i love her artwork. >> i wonder how many buyers there were. you can visit www.cominsky.com for a look at what is in the auction. >>> you get up and go to work and i'm laying down
also some details of who was on mitt romney's short list. we will talk about the intrigue and what it all means. >>> a shocking story out of texas that we are going to be talking about. a brave police officer, a mother of two, who was shot in the face but that did not stop her from chasing the gunmen. one was caught and two others still on the loose. amazing story and bring that story to you coming up. >> i can't believe she is still standing. unbelievable. she is made of tougher...
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the president was in boston yesterday talking about the beginning of romney care. only one state not the whole nation only had 123 people signing up in the first month. by month two 22,000. by end of year one 36,000. just one state. the key here, the bottom line is the white house is scramble tonight to get another blow as they dig out from what the president said yesterday in boston has been an awful start to this roll out and what we're anticipating of course the next move here is they are pushing off giving us official numbers but said they would do it at the beginning of november. will it be tomorrow, november 1st or wait a few days past the weekend when they get various information coming in from all these states. everyone is waiting. >> all right. ed henry thank you. i just want to show the viewers. this is the document we got. this says six enrollments have occurred so far with five different issuers. six. so you can see there was a wide war room notes. this is the hhs group war room notes, 10-2 and they go through all the data as of 10-2. the day after. six
the president was in boston yesterday talking about the beginning of romney care. only one state not the whole nation only had 123 people signing up in the first month. by month two 22,000. by end of year one 36,000. just one state. the key here, the bottom line is the white house is scramble tonight to get another blow as they dig out from what the president said yesterday in boston has been an awful start to this roll out and what we're anticipating of course the next move here is they are...
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here is mitt romney. >speak authenticating the president is trying to get away from, that is he told people they could keep their insurance and that was not the truth. whether you like the mile of obamacare or not, the fact the president sold it on the basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. martha: strong words. now secretary of state and the news editor at townhall.com and a fox news contributor. the question raised here really is is this a moment, is this phrase, is this promise something that sticks so deeply in people's consciousness as they watch this whole thing that they never really get over it? >> i think it does. we are seeing millions of people. the administration wants to pass off 5% of americans losing their health care plans as just a few, but we have the millions after they were promised they could keep them. why this matters is because obamacare was supposed to cover people who are uninsured. it was not supposed to take away coverage for those who like th
here is mitt romney. >speak authenticating the president is trying to get away from, that is he told people they could keep their insurance and that was not the truth. whether you like the mile of obamacare or not, the fact the president sold it on the basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. martha: strong words. now secretary of state and the news editor at townhall.com and a fox news contributor. the question raised here really is is this a moment, is this...
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the authors say mitt romney scratched new jersey governor chris christie off his short list for v.p. because of several unanswered questions including some about his medical history. the authors will debut their new book monday morning on "today". >>> the house of representatives is out with its legislative calendar for 2014. let's put it this way, a lot of americans would love this calendar. they are scheduled to work for 113 days. that'll be a much more leisurely pace from this year. they're on track to work a blistering 134 days. and next year is do or die for a lot of them with a record number of americans telling our nbc pollsters they want them out and want to start over. >>> do you recall anybody driving past you really fast in the past few days? one of the great annual events for motor heads just concluded. every year this event goes on without most law abiding civilians finding out about it. it's called the cannon ball run. founded in 1933 immortalized by film. it is a race from new york to l.a. whoever arrives first wins no questions asked. this year's winner of atlanta mad
the authors say mitt romney scratched new jersey governor chris christie off his short list for v.p. because of several unanswered questions including some about his medical history. the authors will debut their new book monday morning on "today". >>> the house of representatives is out with its legislative calendar for 2014. let's put it this way, a lot of americans would love this calendar. they are scheduled to work for 113 days. that'll be a much more leisurely pace from...
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he voted for romney care, supports obama care. then you do the math and he says all i wanted was single payer in the first place. that's what obama care supporters default to. they are watching the system collapse and the math doesn't work. in massachusetts we are the most expensive state in the country. want to be more expensive? be like us. it's 60 to 120 days for your first doctor visit. took me 60 days for my first appointment. it's so bad we have had three tax hikes since romneycare was implemented because the cost of state government health care exploding. 25 cents on the state dollar covered medical for us when romneycare passed. now it's more than 40 cents of every dollar the state collects paid out to romneycare. the system is breaking. >> the argument against it, we discussed it last week with the panel, if this was the plan for single payer and that's you get insurance from the feds. if this was the deal where we move to single payer how would it work? obama care seems to be collapsing on itself or in danger of that. >>
he voted for romney care, supports obama care. then you do the math and he says all i wanted was single payer in the first place. that's what obama care supporters default to. they are watching the system collapse and the math doesn't work. in massachusetts we are the most expensive state in the country. want to be more expensive? be like us. it's 60 to 120 days for your first doctor visit. took me 60 days for my first appointment. it's so bad we have had three tax hikes since romneycare was...
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mitt romney? >> what about it? >> they put the plan on the table and you're cursing it out. >> wrong. it's not the same plan. we have to go. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. >> as we have been telling you the biggest lie of them all is now coming back to haunt the administration. one republican lawmaker is putting forth legislation that if you like your plan you can keep your plan. he want it is president to make good on the promise. ron johnson joins me next. you have been voting all day at hannitylive.foxnews.com for the video of the day. you can go to twitter. option one is this -- [ cheers ] >> it hasn't happened at fenway park for 95 years. the red sox are world champions. >> first time since 1918 in their stadium. the boston red sox are the world series champs. if you thought the celebration in fenway was something to see, wait for the heartwarming tribute paid to the boston bombing victims. the emotional moment happened at the finish line of the bo
mitt romney? >> what about it? >> they put the plan on the table and you're cursing it out. >> wrong. it's not the same plan. we have to go. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. >> as we have been telling you the biggest lie of them all is now coming back to haunt the administration. one republican lawmaker is putting forth legislation that if you like your plan you can keep your plan. he want it is president...
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. >> is there not a time where you wish you would have voted for mitt romney. >> i always like to start with a joke. >> five years ago tonight, barack obama was elected the 44th president of the united states. he spoke to supporters at the organizing for action summit to remind them what winning the white house was all about and tell them he has one more campaign in him. >> i promise that by the end of my first term, i would have passed health care reform into law. i would have signed that bill. and thanks to your help, we did that. we got it done. [ applause ] let's face it. a lot of us didn't realize that passing the law was the easy part. change isn't easy, period. change in this area is especially hard because it touches on everybody. everybody's lives are impacted and it's a very personal issue. you know? and when you're undertaking something this big, this important like health care reform, we knew we were going to get resistance. maybe not. maybe not to the same degree as we have gotten, but there is a reason why this has not gotten done before. and by the way there is a reason w
. >> is there not a time where you wish you would have voted for mitt romney. >> i always like to start with a joke. >> five years ago tonight, barack obama was elected the 44th president of the united states. he spoke to supporters at the organizing for action summit to remind them what winning the white house was all about and tell them he has one more campaign in him. >> i promise that by the end of my first term, i would have passed health care reform into law. i...
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. >> romney says obama care is a "one-sized fits all plan. he believes states should craft their own health care plans. >>> well, the healthcare.gov web site is back up. the site was down for extended maintenance to correct problems. the outage lasted about 12 hours. also, you can use a toll free number to sign up for hemt insurance. president obama weighs in today for terry mcauliffe. obama joins former secretary of state hillary clinton who have lent a hand this week. cnn's erin mcpike. >> reporter: the virginia's governor's race is always an off-year election. i wanted's always the year before the midterm election. so political watchers on both sides of the aisle pay close attention for what kinds of trends it can show them leading into the midterm elections. right now, democrats are hammering republicans. take a listen to what president obama said earlier today when he was trying to link ken cuccinelli to all republicans for the shut down. >> you've seen an e treem faction of the republican party that has been shown again and again and ag
. >> romney says obama care is a "one-sized fits all plan. he believes states should craft their own health care plans. >>> well, the healthcare.gov web site is back up. the site was down for extended maintenance to correct problems. the outage lasted about 12 hours. also, you can use a toll free number to sign up for hemt insurance. president obama weighs in today for terry mcauliffe. obama joins former secretary of state hillary clinton who have lent a hand this week....
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numbers early in the enrollment stage i think we have to look at massachusetts, which under governor romney introduced health care reform plan very similar to what the president is introduced here and in their first month of enrollment only 123 people enrolled for premium paying plans in massachusetts. they had massive enrollment toward the end of the enrollment period. we always expected enrollment figures to be low. we were saying that before october 1st, obviously the website problems have made it worse but that's why we're working every day because the website is just a means to an end. the end here is getting affordable health insurance to americans who haven't had it in the past. >> the administration has called in experts from google and other tech giants to help fix the obama care website and say the site should be fixed by the end of november. >>> here is something for you to consider if you're going over open enrollment options for your health insurance. the obama administration is loosening rules covering flexible spending accounts. cnn's christine romans joins us from new york w
numbers early in the enrollment stage i think we have to look at massachusetts, which under governor romney introduced health care reform plan very similar to what the president is introduced here and in their first month of enrollment only 123 people enrolled for premium paying plans in massachusetts. they had massive enrollment toward the end of the enrollment period. we always expected enrollment figures to be low. we were saying that before october 1st, obviously the website problems have...
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he helped design both obama care and romney care. jonathan, thanks very much for coming in. >> good to be here, wolf. >> what do you make of what we just heard from tom, at the time three, four years ago when you were coming up with obama care, with all these ideas, did you realize that in some of these states, there would be only one or two insurance companies competing for the folks' business? >> yeah, i think there's two issues we have to keep in mind. the first issue is to remember that we're comparing the world after obama care to the world before. it's not like obama care's chasing insurers out. these are just markets that didn't have many insurers to choose from before and there hasn't been a lot of entry in recent times since the law has passed. but the second thing to keep in mind is the law is brand new. in massachusetts, after a law had been in place for two years, we had a major new entrant that really shook up the insurance market. you don't need a whole lot of new entrants to shake up a market. you don't need 16 choices
he helped design both obama care and romney care. jonathan, thanks very much for coming in. >> good to be here, wolf. >> what do you make of what we just heard from tom, at the time three, four years ago when you were coming up with obama care, with all these ideas, did you realize that in some of these states, there would be only one or two insurance companies competing for the folks' business? >> yeah, i think there's two issues we have to keep in mind. the first issue is to...
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line-by-line what romney's vetters had to say about chris christie. >> that suggests somebody in romney's world they don't mind. we heard romney giving an "a" plus record card to christie. >> they can have complex relationships. romney and christie have a great relationship. personally they do. it is also true that their aides do have a bit of tension. >> a couple of quick things. you reported that the president's advisers actually considered and poll tested switching hillary clinton for joe biden and making her the v.p. candidate. is this something that president obama knew about? >> we have no idea. what we do know is the very top level of the obama campaign, no the political standing in the poll was so bad, they felt it was a dereliction of duty not to study it. >> one of the most unforgettable moments was clint eastwood and that chair. who's idea was it and how did the advisers react? >> this is something we love to do. at the time, how did clint east wood get on the stage? mitt romney had dinner it eastwood last year. he decided he wanted him at the convention. eastwood decides at th
line-by-line what romney's vetters had to say about chris christie. >> that suggests somebody in romney's world they don't mind. we heard romney giving an "a" plus record card to christie. >> they can have complex relationships. romney and christie have a great relationship. personally they do. it is also true that their aides do have a bit of tension. >> a couple of quick things. you reported that the president's advisers actually considered and poll tested...
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obama went through a crisis of confidence after his widely criticized performance against rival mitt romney in their first televised debate. they also say president obama's campaign had focus groups weighing on the possibility of having vice president joe biden and secretary of state hillary clinton switch roles. >>> time is 6:15. president obama is now calling on congress to make sure gays and lesbians don't face discrimination in the workplace. ktvu kyla campbell is joining us live to explain the employment nondiscrimination act and what the senate is doing today. >> reporter: the senate is expected to vote later today on this legislation. it would keep employers from hiring, firing, compensating, or promoting employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. the senate vote psychology five months after the supreme court rulings affirming gay rights. president obama writing lgbt americans fear losing their jobs because of who they are and its wrong. he wrote does it make a difference if the firefighter that rescued you is gay? or the accountant that does your taxes or the me
obama went through a crisis of confidence after his widely criticized performance against rival mitt romney in their first televised debate. they also say president obama's campaign had focus groups weighing on the possibility of having vice president joe biden and secretary of state hillary clinton switch roles. >>> time is 6:15. president obama is now calling on congress to make sure gays and lesbians don't face discrimination in the workplace. ktvu kyla campbell is joining us live...
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although mitt romney said mr. president, if you would have followed massachusetts' plan, you would not have had an embarrassing roll out as you had so far. while she was there talking about her web site, if you went on to the web site, it was down. she said it never crashes. it was down. that's the message they got. what's interesting is our federal government can secretly tap into google and to yahoo essentially without a trace. but we can not run a stinking web site to sell insurance. but we can get by the guys at google. >> it's a mystery. >> it is a mystery. >> so the president was in massachusetts yesterday and kept referring back to mitt romney. mitt romney quickly went out and said in the "boston globe," i believe, listen, i said mass care was good for the people of massachusetts 'cause they wanted it and this is what they wanted. that's what they voted for and that's what he did. he said it was never good for the entire country. you can't have a massachusetts plan that's going to be blown up and brought to
although mitt romney said mr. president, if you would have followed massachusetts' plan, you would not have had an embarrassing roll out as you had so far. while she was there talking about her web site, if you went on to the web site, it was down. she said it never crashes. it was down. that's the message they got. what's interesting is our federal government can secretly tap into google and to yahoo essentially without a trace. but we can not run a stinking web site to sell insurance. but we...
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romney called the installation of obama care "a frustrating embarrassment." kate and chris he clearly did not take kindly to president obama showing up on his turf. >> i'd say so. thanks so much, brianna, thank you for the update. straight over to michaela with the headlines. >>> making news this morning the president's job performance is at its lowest point ever, a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that the president's approval rating has sunk to 42%, that is down five points from earlier this month and 51% of americans disapprove of the president's job performance, that ties his all-time high. >>> another big drug smuggling tunnel found between san diego and tijuana. it was just finished and had not been used yet, a lot like the 600-foot tunnel found a couple years ago in the same area. that one had lights, electrical rail cars, and a whole lot of marijuana. more than 75 underground passageways have been found along the border with mexico over the past five years. >>> new role for robert gates, former defense secretary elected to the national ex
romney called the installation of obama care "a frustrating embarrassment." kate and chris he clearly did not take kindly to president obama showing up on his turf. >> i'd say so. thanks so much, brianna, thank you for the update. straight over to michaela with the headlines. >>> making news this morning the president's job performance is at its lowest point ever, a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that the president's approval rating has sunk to...
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participation in the country, 16 voted for mitt romney. now, there are two lines of republican attack. one is legitimate, but i think mistaken, and one is illegitimate. the legitimate attack is, gee, so many people are unemployed, it's obama's fault. if the economy wasn't in such bad shape, we wouldn't need this. i agree with that, although the people making this attack are the people that caused the collapse of our economy. the second attack, i believe, is race-based or at least racially tinged. the implication that people are somehow takers and the implication that they're non-white, even though the majority of the people on the food stamps program always are and always have been majorly white. >> there are people raging against the takers, because those people are someone else. but i also want to point out that it was in -- that the s.n.a.p. extension was in the stimulus bill for a reason. food stamps are economic stimulus for everybody, whether you're part of s.n.a.p. or not. >> that's a really critically important point. not only do w
participation in the country, 16 voted for mitt romney. now, there are two lines of republican attack. one is legitimate, but i think mistaken, and one is illegitimate. the legitimate attack is, gee, so many people are unemployed, it's obama's fault. if the economy wasn't in such bad shape, we wouldn't need this. i agree with that, although the people making this attack are the people that caused the collapse of our economy. the second attack, i believe, is race-based or at least racially...